Midnight Mass

“Midnight Mass” is an unforgettable vampire saga. Vampires have gained control of the East Coast of America after overrunning Europe. A Catholic priest named Joe who had been dismissed by the church rallies his former church goers into rebelling against the fangsters. A Catholic nun named Carole launches her own vendetta against the devious bloodsuckers and exploits her knowledge as a science teacher to cool up napalm to destroy these fiends. Wilson takes this vampire thriller to the next level beyond anything that Bram Stoker would imagine and creates a thrilling story. The vampires have dominated New York City and other parts of New Jersey. They are ruthlessly eliminating opposition until Carole starting luring the vampires as well as their human posse to their deaths. In this suspenseful account of supernatural evil, Wilson establishes how the vampires have recruited flesh & blood lowlifers as their bodyguards to protect them while they sleep during the day. Your blood will run cold as you realize this may be humanity still last stand against evil. Well-written from start to finish.

Best vampire novel I've read in a long time. Mr Wilson had my attention throughout the entire book. Loved all of the characters and the plot twists and turns. It is a must read if you are a fan of a good vampire novel. F Paul Wilson fans will be surprised at how well done the story line is.

I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a well crafted vampire book to read. Once I started, I could hardly put it down. Great characters...good, evil, and inbetween.

Wilson begins this book by acknowledging that he wanted to achieve the kind of vampire tale King once told. This comparison ends up hurting him. Wilson is no King. Not many authors are. King creates worlds that people live in. Most other authors, Wilson included, create plots that characters are lead down. There's a distinct difference.That said, Wilson tends to create some of the better plots. They can be a bit thin, as can the characters, but they're entertaining and well told. Sure, the dialogue is often something no one would ever say (you won't notice this if it isn't pointed out), the editing is once again kind of weak in a Wilson book (I have yet to read one where I haven't noticed a quotation left unclosed), and the back of the book calls the main character Dan instead of Joe (how'd that happen?)But you'll enjoy the book. If you enjoy vampires in the grittier, unsexy 70s way, or if you enjoy Wilson, you'll enjoy this book. It's neither the best (nor grittiest) gritty vampire book, nor is it the caliber that most Repairman Jack books are. But it's entertaining, and isn't that the point?It's not original (heck, it rips off one of the better recent gritty vampire movies.) The characters feel strained, as if Wilson tried too hard to make them interesting and instead made them forced. But it's quick. And you'll like it enough to investigate more Wilson.

This book is crisp and clean. It looks perfect and new. I will definitely use this company again. Well packed. Great deliveryI am not even sure if any has even read the book. It is signed and numbered. The back page has a Statement Of LimitationI give this company 100%.A great story well written you start caring about the characters and something bad happens to them Just like F Paul Wilson likes to do in his books.

The first time I ever read F. Paul Wilson, in the early eighties, it was the quasi Vampire novel, The Keep. Although the antagonist of that book wasn't truly a Vampire, The Keep read like a vampire novel.(and a very good one at that)Well Wilson decided he would write another Vampire novel and Midnight Mass is the result of that endeavor. Now Wilson thinks there aren't any redeeming qualities in Vampires, citing the fact that some authors romanticize even glorify the bloodsuckers in their recitals. With that in mind Wilson has written a book about Vampires as the merciless, venal, malevolent creatures they are supposed to be.MIDNIGHT MASSPlotThey came out of the East, starting shortly after the fall of the Iron Curtain. They were unstoppable overrunning country after country killing millions, no billions or converting people into nocturnal monsters. Now they were entrenched in the East coast of America. They had a method, convert the religious and secular leadership, convert them and make resistance seem hopeless, they had a plan, transform all humans at first to a point of saturation, then using them only as food or breeding, harvesting at will. The Vampires also had allies, they left some of the lowlives and dreck alive to watch over them and seek out new victims during daylight, this unholy vanguard are called the "cowboys but, the Vampires the have a vulnerability.The StoryThe Vampires certainly seem invincible but in a small New Jersey town an unlikely cadre of citizens are fighting back, a pinprick at first but gradually a ripple. Meet Father Joe - a disgraced priest, Sister Carole - a one woman vigilante, Rabbi Zev - a rabbi with a cross, and Lacey - the feisty niece of Father Joe. Together and with the help of the congregation, they take back Father Joe's church, St Anthony, which the vampires, and cowboys, had taken over and made into a grisly, macabre, killing Temple.In addition cowboys are being killed and displayed upside down from trees or telephone poles and even a couple Vampires including one of the strongest has been dispatchedIn the overall plan of the Vampires, this little rebellion seems insignificant but they thrive on fear and no dissension can be tolerated, so help is sent from New York Vampire headquarters to stem the unrest.ConclusionI'll admit I'm a little ambivalent about Midnight Mass. F. Paul Wilson is one of probably my three or four favorite authors. I have read every book he has written including the inscrutable end of the Adversary series, Nightworld - which is mysteriously not in publication - so I tend to be favorably inclined toward the good doctor but I do have some issues with this book.GoodThe Wilson writing style is still there, so the story is very accessible and understandable. His writing is also fluid and a pleasure to read. There are no unnecessary use of large words which the average Joe would have to look up. The story as a whole flows well and is fast paced. The book itself, at three hundred and thirty-two pages is short in this day and age of word processing and there are no dead or boring chapters.BadWhere I thought the book fell short was the premise of the book itself. I found it a little incredulous why or how legions of malevolent creatures would descend on the West from the East, as Gengis Khan or Tamerlane did centuries prior, merely because of the collapse of the Soviet Empire.There was no explanation of how this event precipitated such an invasion nor of what was keeping them from doing so sooner. It was like they were hibernating or metamophosing. Any reasonable explanation would have been welcome.Another thing I didn't like was, the Vampires were ruthless, yet their servants, the cowboys, from whom they depended on for daytime protection, seemed less than efficient, in some cases screw ups.OverallFirst, this is a good book and if you can discount my aversion to origin of the plot, I think you might like Midnight Mass. No it's not a classic but it is enjoyable, nonetheless, for fans of tongue in cheek horror plus a sequel may be forthcoming. I found the book to be innovative and the Vampires vulnerability well thought out. I enjoyed this book quite a bit, therefore it is deserving of a Final Rating of low four stars / high three stars rounded to four stars because of the author.

I enjoyed the story. It moved at a steady pace and was a different take on making vampires attractive like Twilight.The characters were believable and the 2 main woman are really strong.The ending left me a little confused as it's finished quite abruptly - not sure if there is a sequel.

First written as a short story which was stunning-Where the fight against the vampires was restricted to a local parish.A disgraced priest teams up with a rabbi to defeat the blood sucking horde lead by a renegade priest.This book incorporates another short story about a vampire hunting nun to produce a much longer story about humans at war with an increasingly powerful global corporation of very nasty vampires.The book is hugely entertaining and a real page turner.The protagonists are well rounded characters with flaws and self doubts and are not one dimensional.The vampires are truly nasty and not the vapid ,beautiful,creatures found in some modern tales of the undead.Great read -Well worth the price on kindle.

First let me start by suggesting that something was missing - Jack. I know, but if it works for Clive Cussler it would have worked brilliantly here. Clive Cussler fans will know what I mean, he adds himself in a page, I was not expecting to see FPW, but I was half expecting to see Jack or at least his name mentioned as the book was partly set in New york. But that is a minor thing.FPW sticks to vampire lore very well, garlic, steaks (not the red meat type!), crosses and daylight etc etc. But he introduces a brilliantly novel way of killing many of them in one go. I am not spoiling it.There is a great story, it was easy to follow, of revenge in the book and a twist, also quite sad and touching in places. He doesn't pull many punches in how brutal the vampires and their "cowboy" slaves are, some is quite hard hitting.There is scope for a follow up, so that is a hint there Mr Wilson, a sequel please. Though with a rank of 550,000 in Amazon's UK book sales that may not happen, that is a shame... Mind you that is a lot better ranking than my mums book, Cats' Tails from Amazonia (OK - I know, sneaky!!).I highly recommend this book to any vampire lover or any FPW fan. As good as any book he has written. Mr Wilson, you have a wonderful talent, thank you for sharing it with us.

An excellent story of the human spirits strength against all the odds. These heroes have real back stories. A good read.

Just a back to basics vampire tail. very listenable.